The geographical spread of influenza

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 265, Issue 1413, 1998, Pages 2421-2425

  Bonabeau, Eric ^a   Toubiana, Laurent ^b   Flahault, Antoine ^b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemics; Geographical spread; Global mixing; Influenza

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032559010     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1998.0593     Document Type: Article

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